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How to Stop Micromanaging and Motivate People to Top Performance
Removing Obstacles to Success
June 28, 12:24 pm
If you are a supervisor or manager, you probably need to develop and deliver training. Because most managers don’t receive training on how to train other people, here are a few tips:
1. You want to reach all learners (and not everyone learns like you do!). This means you must understand the four basic learning […]
June 23, 6:48 am
Can you really cut training time by 50 percent while increasing retention? YES!
We’ve had several requests for this workshop again, so it’s on the schedule for November 4 & 5, in beautiful downtown Boise, Idaho!
In this very popular and practical workshop, you will learn:
• how to create and deliver training for any situation
• tools […]
June 21, 3:16 pm
By Dan Bobinski
I’ve decided to pen an open letter on behalf of mismanaged employees everywhere. After 20+ years of training and consulting in hundreds of companies of all shapes and sizes, I’ve seen many managers who think they’re strong, but are not. And their teams suffer as a result.
Sometimes these managers are easy to […]
June 16, 1:29 pm
Someone recently asked me “Do leaders shape cultures, or do cultures shape leaders?”
My answer is “both.” From one perspective, a leader should be influencing an organization’s culture, otherwise the leader would be a follower (of the culture). For example, while serving aboard a destroyer during my time in the US Navy, I […]
June 2, 8:57 am
Recently I’ve engaged in several conversations on the subject of blame. The huge oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is probably what brought it to the forefront, but here are my thoughts on the subject:
Placing blame seems to fulfill a need in people, but it’s a false fulfillment. Think about it — […]
June 1, 1:46 pm
As much as I prefer the federal government stay out of dinking with private business policies, I’m glad to see them doing more for people who get bumped off of flights for which they hold a legitimate ticket (See the article Bumped Airline Passengers to Get Bigger Bucks).
I fly a lot, and thankfully, I’ve […]